Tropescilloscope: Mundane Made Awesome

Ordinary, mediocre and everyday tasks made EPIC. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Darkest Hour Henpecked Husband In Medias Res The Brute Dissonant Serenity Book-Ends Death by Irony Shipper on Deck Made of Explodium I'm a Humanitarian Heel Realization Love at First Sight Dirty Old Man Fanservice Extra Does This Remind You of Anything? Those Wacky Nazis Gilligan Cut Actor Allusion Loads and Loads of Characters Stepford Smiler Line-of-Sight Name Ungrateful Bastard Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Historical In-Joke An Aesop Badass Boast Sports Stories Babies Ever After A.I. Is a Crapshoot Fun with Acronyms Affably Evil Tagline Dwindling Party Asshole Victim Animal Motifs Fake Shemp Based on a True Story Cluster F-Bomb Half the Man He Used to Be Crapsack World The Cameo Beware the Nice Ones Police Brutality Fanservice The Dreaded Names to Run Away from Really Fast Gone Horribly Right Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Did Not Get the Girl Arch-Enemy Naïve Newcomer Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene How We Got Here Storming the Castle British Films Small Name, Big Ego Pragmatic Adaptation BFG Shirtless Scene Dark Reprise Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Author Appeal Pre-Mortem One-Liner Shoot the Shaggy Dog Unwitting Instigator of Doom Very Loosely Based on a True Story Romantic False Lead Demoted to Extra Captain Obvious Manic Pixie Dream Girl Blood Knight Nice Hat Mr. Exposition Off with His Head! Unspoken Plan Guarantee Dutch Angle Big-Bad Ensemble Rasputinian Death Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Sacrificial Lion Getting Crap Past the Radar Country Matters Grievous Bottley Harm Kick the Dog Badass Bookworm Breaking the Fourth Wall Creator Cameo Card-Carrying Villain Really Gets Around Fatal Family Photo Non-Indicative Name Sole Survivor Deliberately Monochrome Hypocrite No Ending Morality Pet Red Oni, Blue Oni Cool Old Guy Big Damn Heroes Not So Above It All Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Men Are the Expendable Gender Artistic License – Military Jerkass Has a Point One-Word Title Posthumous Character Becoming the Mask Insistent Terminology Cold-Blooded Torture Offscreen Teleportation Historical Villain Upgrade Skewed Priorities You Killed My Father Your Cheating Heart Evil-Detecting Dog Blackmail NO INDOOR VOICE Even Evil Has Standards Adaptation Dye-Job The Ghost Never Found the Body Video Credits Big Bad Duumvirate Closed Circle Genre Savvy Chekhov's Gunman Rule of Funny Punch-Clock Villain It Can Think Training Montage Humiliation Conga Ironic Echo My Greatest Failure Death Seeker The Atoner Eureka Moment Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Those Two Bad Guys Loophole Abuse Monumental Damage Be Careful What You Wish For Artistic License – Gun Safety Curse Cut Short Put on a Bus Tempting Fate Horror Films Leaning on the Fourth Wall Leave the Camera Running Laser-Guided Karma Serious Business Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Artistic License – History Crucified Hero Shot Badass Grandpa Suddenly SHOUTING! Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Sequel Hook Red Right Hand Credits Gag Continuity Nod Butt-Monkey Dramatic Gun Cock Beard of Evil Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Abhorrent Admirer Mexican Standoff Dumb Blonde The Mole Fourth Date Marriage Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Vampire Fiction Stealth Pun Twist Ending Bi the Way The Lancer Bilingual Bonus Reasonable Authority Figure Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Vomit Discretion Shot Eldritch Abomination Film Series Dull Surprise Wicked Cultured Slasher Movie Hero Antagonist Earn Your Happy Ending Bloody Hilarious Wounded Gazelle Gambit Dirty Cop Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Casting Gag Everyone Has Standards Imagine Spot Blatant Lies Four-Temperament Ensemble Not Using the "Z" Word Thriller Eyepatch of Power Disappeared Dad Extreme Doormat Adult Fear Soundtrack Dissonance Took a Level in Badass Obstructive Bureaucrat Running Gag Stylistic Suck Made of Iron Driven to Suicide Spanner in the Works Off-into-the-Distance Ending Not Even Bothering with the Accent Hate Sink Femme Fatale For Want of a Nail Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Bond One-Liner Re-Cut Adaptation Distillation Killed Mid-Sentence Dramatic Irony Funny Background Event No Celebrities Were Harmed Ambiguous Disorder Throwing Your Sword Always Works Corpsing Diabolus ex Machina Calling the Old Man Out Humans Are Bastards Aluminum Christmas Trees La Résistance The Place Documentary Eagleland "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Martial Arts Movie Random Events Plot Sadistic Choice Novelization Leitmotif Victoria's Secret Compartment Hope Spot Artistic License – Law Retcon Title Drop Meaningful Background Event Domestic Abuse Eye Scream Lampshade Hanging Take a Third Option Anachronism Stew Cruel and Unusual Death Antagonist Title The Bad Guy Wins Foreshadowing Beta Couple Early-Bird Cameo And I Must Scream Hollywood Darkness Grey and Gray Morality Evil vs. Evil Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Frame-Up Crazy-Prepared Does Not Like Shoes Kubrick Stare Handicapped Badass Room Full of Crazy Disney Death Light Is Not Good The Faceless Historical-Domain Character Didn't Think This Through Almost Kiss Defiant to the End Genre Throwback Danny Peary Cult Movies List Hero of Another Story Artistic License – Physics Parental Neglect The Chessmaster N-Word Privileges Sassy Black Woman Improvised Weapon Every Car Is a Pinto Precision F-Strike I Need a Freaking Drink Romantic Comedy Informed Ability Double Entendre Worthy Opponent Lock and Load Montage Rousing Speech Irony Setting Update Gainax Ending Big "NO!" Bound and Gagged Children Are Innocent Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Alpha Bitch "Shaggy Dog" Story Superhero Conspicuous CG As Himself Enemy Mine Rich Bitch Sanity Slippage Knight Templar Cat Fight The X of Y Villain Song Red Eyes, Take Warning Fantastic Racism Framing Device Friend to All Children Villainous Breakdown Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy The Voiceless Pimped-Out Dress Chekhov's Gun No OSHA Compliance Heroes Want Redheads Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Covers Always Lie Accidental Misnaming Sci-Fi Horror The Sociopath Man on Fire Mythology Gag Pretty in Mink No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Death Glare Anguished Declaration of Love Fire-Forged Friends Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Only a Flesh Wound The Oner Playing Gertrude Department of Redundancy Department Scare Chord Adapted Out Action Survivor Artistic License – Geography French Films Corrupt Corporate Executive Disguised in Drag Suspiciously Similar Substitute Disproportionate Retribution Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Scenery Gorn Sexy Discretion Shot Alas, Poor Villain Show Within a Show Mood Whiplash One-Man Army Silent Movie One Steve Limit Reckless Gun Usage Fantasy Films Took a Level in Jerkass Scary Black Man Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Up to Eleven Big Applesauce Cat Scare It Will Never Catch On Depraved Bisexual Translation Convention Large Ham The Remake Slasher Smile Adaptational Badass The Vamp B-Movie Author Avatar You Have Failed Me Kill It with Fire More Dakka My God, What Have I Done? Pyrrhic Victory Heroic Sacrifice The Great Depression Aside Glance The '80s Bare Your Midriff MacGuffin Vacation Films Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Product Placement The Dog Bites Back Hair-Trigger Temper Pay Evil unto Evil World of Ham Stalker with a Crush Only Known by Their Nickname Karma Houdini Spell My Name with an "S" Gender Flip Annoying Younger Sibling No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Christmas Movies Index Mad Scientist She's Got Legs Deus ex Machina Dramedy Groin Attack Drowning My Sorrows The Bully Once More, with Clarity! Have a Gay Old Time Manipulative Bastard A Father to His Men Spiteful Spit Male Gaze Mighty Whitey Nothing Is Scarier Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Plucky Comic Relief Mystery and Detective Films Stuff Blowing Up Television Movie Index German Films Chekhov's Skill Reality Ensues Fish out of Water All for Nothing Hoist by His Own Petard Rule of Symbolism Guile Hero All Just a Dream Only in It for the Money Index of Film Westerns The Alleged Car Even Evil Has Loved Ones This Is Gonna Suck Hong Kong Films Laughing Mad Guns Akimbo Male Frontal Nudity Manly Tears Love Triangle Red Shirt Cool Car Ms. Fanservice Truth in Television The Dragon Awesome, but Impractical Self-Deprecation All There in the Manual Interrupted Suicide Jerkass Canon Foreigner Bloodier and Gorier In Name Only Black Dude Dies First Improbable Aiming Skills Black Best Friend Kids Are Cruel Break the Cutie The Stinger Berserk Button Faux Affably Evil Tranquil Fury Taking You with Me Batman Gambit Riddle for the Ages Combat Pragmatist Bait-and-Switch Italian Films Establishing Character Moment Greater-Scope Villain Advertised Extra She Cleans Up Nicely The '90s Naked People Are Funny Missing Mom You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Needs Wiki Magic Love What You Are in the Dark Chiaroscuro Retired Badass Evil Is Hammy Obviously Evil Psychopathic Manchild The Ditz Badass Longcoat Animated Credits Opening Never Trust a Trailer A God Am I The Film of the Book The Reveal Noodle Incident Mugging the Monster A Minor Kidroduction Big Eater Curb-Stomp Battle timeperiod Deconstruction Woman Scorned The Starscream Black Comedy Rape Unreliable Narrator Sequel Escalation Spiritual Successor Bond Villain Stupidity Tap on the Head Fingore Not So Different Maybe Ever After For the Evulz Evil Laugh The '70s Police are Useless The Hero Dies Jerk Jock Shower Scene Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Psycho for Hire Not Quite Dead Blood from the Mouth Immune to Bullets Russian Films Australian Movies Better to Die than Be Killed He Who Fights Monsters Heel–Face Turn Together in Death Kill 'em All As You Know Narrator Motor Mouth Air-Vent Passageway Wretched Hive Artistic License – Biology No Antagonist Despair Event Horizon Improbable Weapon User The Un-Reveal True Companions Race Lift Major Injury Underreaction Demonic Possession Get Out! From Bad to Worse Recycled IN SPACE! Intrepid Reporter The Ace Extremely Short Timespan Daylight Horror Jerk with a Heart of Gold Manchild Award-Bait Song Psychological Thriller Smug Snake Shut Up, Hannibal! Ascended Extra Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Revenge Dying Moment of Awesome Word of God Overprotective Dad Undying Loyalty Offscreen Moment of Awesome Parental Incest The Mafia Deliberate Values Dissonance Visual Pun Peek-a-Boo Corpse "Well Done, Son!" Guy Bottomless Magazines "The Reason You Suck" Speech No Name Given The Smurfette Principle Villain Ball Epic Fail Evil Counterpart Jitter Cam Hell Is That Noise Bittersweet Ending Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Star-Crossed Lovers I Did What I Had to Do Unresolved Sexual Tension Anyone Can Die Pet the Dog Nice Guy Biopic Rape as Drama Action Prologue Foil Hidden Depths Five-Man Band Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Fan Disservice Defrosting Ice Queen Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Yandere Drugs Are Bad Obfuscating Stupidity Bowdlerise Crazy Jealous Guy The Power of Love And Starring Film Noir Unusually Uninteresting Sight Mundane Made Awesome Would Hit a Girl Rewatch Bonus Destination Defenestration Stealth Hi/Bye Market-Based Title Deal with the Devil Adaptation Name Change Unusual Euphemism Black Comedy O.O.C. Is Serious Business Freeze-Frame Bonus Knife Nut Science Fiction Films Villain Opening Scene Oh, Crap! Belligerent Sexual Tension Gory Discretion Shot Contrived Coincidence I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Implacable Man The Hero Green-Eyed Monster The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Outrun the Fireball Actually Pretty Funny Brother–Sister Incest Canadian Movies Big Bad Red Herring Authority Equals Asskicking The Smart Guy Meaningful Echo I Have Your Wife Horror Comedy Beauty Is Never Tarnished Genre Shift Mind Screw The Musical Creative Closing Credits '80s Hair Attempted Rape Shout-Out Abusive Parents Redemption Equals Death What the Hell, Hero? Trailers Always Spoil Chase Scene Evil Plan Heterosexual Life-Partners Adaptational Heroism Ass Shove Not What It Looks Like Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie There Is No Kill Like Overkill Paper-Thin Disguise Rule of Three Military and Warfare Films Good Is Not Nice Reality Has No Subtitles Ominous Latin Chanting Bavarian Fire Drill Facial Horror Dark and Troubled Past Evil Brit Hooker with a Heart of Gold It's All About Me Real Life Writes the Plot Daddy's Girl Shell-Shocked Veteran Important Haircut Arc Words Token Minority Works Set in World War II Insane Troll Logic An Axe to Grind Cassandra Truth Bolivian Army Ending Straight Gay Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Politically Incorrect Villain Your Head A-Splode Animal Title Index Camera Abuse Bland-Name Product Easily Forgiven Damsel in Distress Real Life Expy Car Fu Music Stories Taking the Bullet The Quiet One Evil Is Petty Body Horror Those Two Guys Sir Swears-a-Lot Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Big Fancy House Brutal Honesty Sealed Evil in a Can Badass Normal Chewing the Scenery Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Totally Radical Cool Old Lady Reality Is Unrealistic Race Against the Clock Failed a Spot Check Celebrity Paradox Papa Wolf All Girls Want Bad Boys Eiffel Tower Effect Rated M for Manly Protagonist Title Catapult Nightmare Gorn Character Development Dressing as the Enemy Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Shown Their Work Woman in White Betty and Veronica Arranged Marriage Never My Fault Retirony War Is Hell Dark Is Not Evil Call-Forward Vitriolic Best Buds As Long as It Sounds Foreign Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience All Men Are Perverts Expository Hairstyle Change Only Sane Man Neck Snap Face–Heel Turn Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Too Dumb to Live Poor Communication Kills Vomit Indiscretion Shot Ambiguous Ending He Knows Too Much Broken Bird The Load Apocalypse How My Beloved Smother Scenery Porn The Stoner Instant Death Bullet Badass in a Nice Suit "Awesome McCool" Name Pretty Little Headshots Kick the Son of a Bitch Ghost Fiction Dogged Nice Guy Epic Movie No-Sell 20 Minutes into the Future Rule of Cool It's Personal Adaptation Expansion Downer Ending Wrong Genre Savvy Our Zombies Are Different Amoral Attorney Not So Stoic Gratuitous English The '60s Broken Aesop Madness Mantra Bad Boss Brainless Beauty Villain Protagonist Famous Last Words Auto Erotica Ship Tease The Lost Lenore What Happened to the Mouse? The '50s Broken Pedestal Boom, Headshot! Ambiguously Gay Empathic Environment Funny Foreigner Villain with Good Publicity Agony of the Feet Intergenerational Friendship Age Lift Idiot Ball Slashed Throat Moment Killer Early Installment Weirdness Silence Is Golden Creepy Child Punny Name Anachronic Order As the Good Book Says... Catch-Phrase Fate Worse than Death Meet Cute Faking the Dead Determinator Fat Bastard Drill Sergeant Nasty Japanese Films Match Cut Soft Glass Due to the Dead Death by Sex Call-Back Pragmatic Villainy Redshirt Army Central Theme Accidental Murder Mr. Fanservice Alliterative Name Foregone Conclusion Action Girl The Alcoholic Parental Abandonment Mistaken for Gay Time Skip Death by Adaptation Roaring Rampage of Revenge Bald of Evil The End... Or Is It? Stock Footage Properly Paranoid Sinister Minister Adults Are Useless Amusing Injuries Serial Killer Meaningful Name Hollywood Law folderlabel Cloudcuckoolander Bunny-Ears Lawyer Make It Look Like an Accident Happily Married Double-Meaning Title Bring My Brown Pants Death of a Child Face Death with Dignity Brick Joke Exact Words Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Bullying a Dragon Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Whole Plot Reference Mama Bear Take That! Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Plot Hole Bar Brawl And the Adventure Continues Dark Action Girl Decoy Protagonist Mercy Kill Say My Name Big Brother Instinct Evil Sounds Deep The Cavalry Darker and Edgier May–December Romance Dual Wielding Action Genre Costume Porn Adorkable Toplessness from the Back Public Domain Feature Films Married to the Job In the Back Historical Hero Upgrade Jump Scare Same Language Dub Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Casanova Malevolent Masked Men Affectionate Parody Honor Before Reason Back from the Dead Our Vampires Are Different Deadpan Snarker Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Older Than They Look Ax-Crazy Ripped from the Headlines Wham Line Spared by the Adaptation Overly Long Gag Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Flipping the Bird Dies Wide Open Adaptational Villainy Logo Joke Slap-Slap-Kiss Drives Like Crazy Cain and Abel Comically Missing the Point Lighter and Softer Heroic BSoD Composite Character Bury Your Gays Freudian Excuse Anti-Villain Fatal Flaw Parental Substitute Film Noir Index Final Girl Bloodless Carnage Refuge in Audacity Dirty Coward An Arm and a Leg Adaptational Attractiveness From Nobody to Nightmare Determinator aka: The Determinator Armor-Piercing Question After the End Cool Shades Fainting Zombie Stories Homage Well-Intentioned Extremist I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Big Guy Black and Gray Morality Hypocritical Humor Smoking Is Cool Break the Haughty Only One Name Wham Shot Gold Digger The Stoic Camp Gay Let's Get Dangerous! Cowboy Cop Super Strength Neck Lift Karmic Death Last-Name Basis Suspiciously Specific Denial Here We Go Again! The Chick Captain Ersatz Flashback All There in the Script Developing Doomed Characters Anti-Hero Mooks Coming-of-Age Story Cool Guns Disney Villain Death Would Hurt a Child Distracted by the Sexy Dropped a Bridge on Him Exactly What It Says on the Tin Bad "Bad Acting" Left the Background Music On Fiery Redhead You Have Outlived Your Usefulness A Date with Rosie Palms Insult Backfire